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![]() | A Shower of Ashes Upon Ottaviano April 14, 1906 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ![]() Best known for the more highly finished technique of his oils, Charles Caryl Coleman here employed the spontaneous medium of pastel to record the aftermath of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, not far from the artist’s home on the island of Capri, in Italy. Coleman’s depiction of the event closely resembles period photographs of the climax of... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Apple Blossoms 1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | ![]() Coleman's large collection (some of which he sold to Henry G. Marquand, who purchased them on behalf of the Metropolitan in the early 1890s). Thus both "Apple Blossoms" and its creator reflect the keen enthusiasm for collecting that was at the heart of the founding and early history of the Museum. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Casamicciola As Seen from the Island of Ischia 1904 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | North Wind from Villa Narcissus, Capri February 1905 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Still Life with Azaleas and Apple Blossoms 1878 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | ![]() "Still Life with Azaleas and Apple Blossoms" demonstrates the influence of the Aesthetic Movement on American painting and decorative arts. The movement originated in Britain in the 1870s and 1880s as a reaction against the Industrial Revolution and mass-production. It was characterized by a belief in the spiritual and moral power of beauty and by a... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | The Bronze Horses of San Marco, Venice 1876 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN | ![]() American by birth, Charles Caryl Coleman settled permanently in Italy in 1866, establishing his studio on the Via Margutta in Rome. He often traveled to Venice during the summer where he studied the works of the old masters. The unusual perspective of this composition offers a view of the bronze horses on the porch of the Basilica of San Marco. The... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | The Garden of the Villa Castello, Capri 1906 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Olive Oil Press, Capri 1911-1912 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Vesuvius from Pompeii 1906 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | View of Vesuvius: Effect 11:25 A.M. December 21, 1913 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ![]() Charles Coleman regularly depicted Mount Vesuvius from the window of his villa on Capri, Italy, where he settled in 1885. His pictures of the dramatic profile of, and variable atmospheric effects around, this landmark evoke images of Mount Fuji that proliferate in Japanese art. | GA | Anonymous |
- Charles Caryl Coleman